Monday, January 07, 2008

Still need to see There Will Be Blood (looks like Thursday), so the list for 2007 will have to wait until next week. But to fill the time until then, here's the return of a nice DVD Beaver listserv idea.

I saw 302 films for the first time in 2007. Of those, 259 were more than a couple years old. Here's the top 51, in alphabetical order:

A Canterbury TaleAir ForceAll That Heaven AllowsBad Day At Black RockBend Of The RiverCranes Are FlyingEarly SpringEl DoradoFlowers Of ShanghaiGoodbye South, GoodbyeHell In The PacificI Know Where I'm Going!Jour de feteL'EclisseLancelot du lacLast Year At MarienbadLe millionLe proces de Jeanne D'arcLetter From An Unknown WomanLola MontesMadame de. . .Mon oncleMonsieur VerdouxMoroccoNew Rose HotelOn Dangerous GroundPaisanPlatformPolice StoryPortrait Of JennieSpring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . And SpringStory Of The Last ChrysanthemumsTaste Of CherryThe Dawn PatrolThe DecalogueThe Exterminating AngelThe Last LaughThe LeopardThe Long GoodbyeThe Loyal 47 RoninThe Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)The Ox-Bow IncidentThe Steel HelmetThe Tarnished AngelsThe Thing From Another WorldTo Be Or Not To BeTokyo TwilightTout va bienTropical MaladyUnknown PleasuresWoman In The Dunes

In other news, Metro Classics will be back in February. The bookings aren't set yet, but this should be the lineup:

Musicals with Gershwin Scores:

Shall We Dance?An American In ParisFunny Face

Westerns with scores by folk rock legends::

Pat Garrett & Billy The KidMcCabe & Mrs. MillerDead Man

Movies about composers that aren't biopics and have colors in the title: